Download Opiates are drugs that are derived from the opium poppy. Opiates

• Opiates are drugs that are
derived from the opium poppy.
• Opiates include opium, heroin,
morphine and codeine.
All Opiates:
• Classification- Depressant
• Tolerance- Yes/High
• Physical dependence- Yes/High
• Psychological dependenceYes/High
Opium
Common Slang Names:
• “O”
• Chasing the Dragon
Appearance
Cultivating
Collecting
Raw Opium
“Black Tar”
How Taken
• Usually eaten or
smoked, it can
be injected.
• “Chasing the
dragon”. Refers
to smoking
opiates (heroin
and opium).
Effects
• the amount taken at one time
• the user's past drug experience
• the manner in which the drug is
taken
• the circumstances under which the
drug is taken (the place, the user's
psychological and emotional
stability, the presence of other
people, simultaneous use of
alcohol or other drugs, etc.).
• Short-term effects appear soon
after a single dose and disappear
in a few hours or days. Opiates
briefly stimulate the higher centers
of the brain but then depress
activity of the central nervous
system.
• Immediately after injection of
an opiate into a vein, the user
feels a surge of pleasure or a
"rush." This gives way to a
state of gratification; hunger,
pain, and sexual urges rarely
intrude.
• The dose required to produce
this effect may at first cause
restlessness, nausea, and
vomiting. With moderately high
doses, however, the body feels
warm, the extremities heavy,
and the mouth dry.
• As the dose is increased,
breathing becomes gradually
slower. With very large doses,
the user cannot be roused; the
pupils contract to pinpoints;
the skin is cold, moist, and
bluish; and profound
respiratory depression
resulting in death may occur.
Dangers
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Death/overdose.
HIV infection.
Hepatitis.
Purity unknown.
Trouble with the law.
Contact with
dangerous people.
Her
body
was
found
three
days
after
death.
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Heroin
• Classification- Depressant
• Tolerance- Yes/High
• Physical dependence- Yes/High
• Psychological dependenceYes/High
Common Slang Names:
• Lady, white girl,
horse, black tar,
brown sugar,
smack, goods,
H, junk, Harry
Morphine: - M,
white stuff,
cube, morf,
mud, nasty
Appearance
• In its purest form
heroin is a white
powder derived
from the dried
milk of the opium
poppy
• When impure it
can be brown in
color.
How Taken
• Although
heroin is
most
commonly
injected
(lining,
mainlining).
Feet
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• Heroin is often smoked using
tin foil heated up underneath
resulting in the heroin turning
to a liquid form and the user
inhales the fumes commonly
called tooting or chasing the
dragon.
Effects
• High doses lead to
drowsiness and
sedation.
Heroin slows people down
giving them a feeling of warmth
and detachment. depresses
brain activity and widens blood
vessels.
• Heroin can also
lessen the desire
to eat.
• Blocks out both
physical and
mental pain.
• Can cause
vomiting.
• Street heroin is
often cut with other
stuff, such as
glucose or talcum
powder. This itself
may be dangerous
and make it
difficult to know
how big a dose is
being taken.
• Overdose is a
real risk and
can result in
coma and
death.
Risks
• As heroin leaves
the brain and body,
users experience
withdrawal
symptoms, which
are often described
as feeling like a
severe case of flu.
Symptoms of withdrawal
• include watery eyes, runny
nose, yawning, loss of appetite,
tremors, panic, chills, sweating,
nausea, muscle cramps, and
insomnia. Blood pressure,
pulse, respiration, and
temperature all elevate.
• Withdrawal
symptoms
begin within 24
hours after last
use and may
last up to 7-10
days.
• Medical attention
is STRONGLY
ADVISED!
Heroin Overdose
• People can overdose on heroin,
which reduces the number of
messages the brain sends to
the chest muscles. The
person's breathing slows, and,
if the dose is high enough,
stops.
• Heroin use
during
pregnancy is
associated with
low birth
weight,
stillbirths,
placental
abruptions, and
sudden death
syndrome.
• Babies of
addicts are
born
dependent on
the drug and
must go
through
withdrawal as
their first task
in life.
• Injecting is the most dangerous
way of taking heroin and brings
additional dangers, particularly if
needles and other equipment are
shared. this can lead to
infections such as HIV or strains
of viral hepatitis.
• Heroin is the
strongest of
the opiates.
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